Stanford L15 - How to Manage (Ben Horowitz)
You are not the only one whom your decisions impact. Ben Horowitz, founder of Andreessen Horowitz and Opsware, discusses this important management perspective that founders miss,…
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Stanford L16 - How to Run a User Interview (Emmett Shear)
Building product, and talking to users. In the early stages of your startup, those are the two things you should focus on. In this lecture, Emmett Shear, Founder and CEO of Justin…
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Stanford L17 - How to Design Hardware Products (Hosain Rahman)
Hosain Rahman, CEO and Founder of Jawbone, covers the design process for building hardware products users love. See the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec17/
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Stanford L18 - Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups (Kirsty Nathoo, Carolynn Levy)
here's a lot that goes behind the scenes in running a startup. Getting the legal, finance (equity allocation, vesting), accounting, and other overhead right will save you a lot of…
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Stanford L19 - Sales and Marketing; How to Talk to Investors (Tyler Bosmeny; YC Partners)
Three segments in this lecture: Tyler Bosmeny, founder and CEO of Clever, starts off today's lecture with an overview of the Sales Funnel, and how to get to your first $1 Million.…
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Stanford L2 - Team and Execution (Sam Altman)
Sam Altman finishes up "Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution" by covering Team and Execution, in Lecture 2 of How to Start a Startup. See the slides and readings at startupclass.s…
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Stanford L20 - Later-stage Advice (Sam Altman)
Sam caps off the How to Start a Startup series with things you should ignore when you start, but become important a year in. See the slides at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/l…
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Stanford L3 - Before the Startup (Paul Graham)
Paul Graham delivers an informative (and highly amusing) talk, addressing counterintuitive parts of startups, in Lecture 3 of How to Start a Startup. See the readings at startupcl…
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Stanford L5 - Competition is for Losers (Peter Thiel)
Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal and Palantir, discusses business strategy and monopoly theory in "Competition is For Losers". See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.…
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Stanford L6 - Growth (Alex Schultz)
Alex Schultz gives an overview of Growth for startups, speaking from a position of authority as the VP of Growth at Facebook. View the readings Alex refers to, his slide deck, at…
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Stanford L7 - How to Build Products Users Love (Kevin Hale)
Kevin Hale, Founder of Wufoo and Partner at Y Combinator, explains how to build products that create a passionate user base invested in your startup's success. See the slides and…
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Stanford L8 - How to Get Started, Doing Things that Don't Scale, Press
Lecture 8 features 3 speakers: Stanley Tang, Founder of Doordash, covers How to Get Started. Walker Williams, Founder of Teespring, covers Doing things that Don't Scale. Justin Ka…
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